page_title: Jersey Shore Area School District
hierarchical_section_title: Jersey Shore Area School District
caption_attribution_description: Map of Clinton County, Pennsylvania, United States Public School Districts
context_page_description: The Jersey Shore Area School District is a large rural, public school district in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and Clinton County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately 385 square miles. It is centered on the borough of Jersey Shore and serves the surrounding Lycoming County municipalities of Limestone Township, Bastress Township, Nippenose Township, Porter Township, Piatt Township, Anthony Township, Mifflin Township, Watson Township, Cummings Township, McHenry Township, Brown Township, and Salladasburg. It also encompasses Avis, Pine Creek Township, and Crawford Township in Clinton County. The district was organized in 1966 by a consolidation of eleven smaller school districts. Per the 2000 US Census Bureau data, Jersey Shore Area School District served a resident population of 19,807. According to 2010 state census data, Jersey Shore Area School District served a resident population of 17,858. The educational attainment levels for the Jersey Shore Area School District population were 86.8% high school graduates and 13.7% college graduates. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.
context_section_description: The Jersey Shore Area School District is a large rural, public school district in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania and Clinton County, Pennsylvania. The district encompasses approximately 385 square miles (1,000 km²). It is centered on the borough of Jersey Shore and serves the surrounding Lycoming County municipalities of Limestone Township, Bastress Township, Nippenose Township, Porter Township, Piatt Township, Anthony Township, Mifflin Township, Watson Township, Cummings Township, McHenry Township, Brown Township, and Salladasburg. It also encompasses Avis, Pine Creek Township, and Crawford Township in Clinton County.  The district was organized in 1966 by a consolidation of eleven smaller school districts. Per the 2000 US Census Bureau data, Jersey Shore Area School District served a resident population of 19,807. According to 2010 state census data, Jersey Shore Area School District served a resident population of 17,858. The educational attainment levels for the Jersey Shore Area School District population (25 years old and over) were 86.8% high school graduates and 13.7% college graduates. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania.
  According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 41.3% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty Level  as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. In 2009, the district residents’ per capita income was $16,201, while the median family income was $41,792. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Lycoming County, the median household income was $45,430. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100. In 2014, the median household income in the USA was $53,700.
  The Jersey Shore Area School District provided basic educational services to 2,588 pupils through the employment of 199 teachers,
  54 full-time and part-time support personnel, and thirteen (13) administrators during the 2011-12 school year. The district received $19.2 million in state funding in the 2011-12 school year. In school year 2009-10, the district enrollment was 2,686 pupils. The district employed 212 teachers, 180 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 19 administrators. Jersey Shore Area School District received more than $18.6 million in state funding in school year 2009-10.  In the 2007–2008 school year, Jersey Shore Area School District enrollment was 2,805 pupils. The district employed 213 teachers, 53 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 15 administrators in 2008.
  Jersey Shore Area School District operates five schools: Avis Elementary School, Jersey Shore Elementary School, Salladasburg Elementary School, Jersey Shore Area Middle School (6-8), and Jersey Shore Area High School (9-12). The district has a separate administration building. Due to steadily declining enrollment, the Board is grappling with consolidating elementary schools. Nippenose Elementary School was closed in 2013 due to declining enrollment. No publicly funded technology and career school is available to students.
  The BLaST Intermediate Unit IU17 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, background checks for employees, state mandated recognizing and reporting child abuse training, speech and visual disability services and criminal background check processing for prospective employees and professional development for staff and faculty.
caption: Map of Clinton County, Pennsylvania Public School Districts
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